Watch: Zainab’s mother demands execution of suspect

The mother of seven-year-old Zainab, who was raped and murdered a couple of weeks ago, demanded exemplary punishment for the prime suspect in the rape-and-murder case. Speaking to SAMAA TV, Zainab’s mother said that the entire public was with her and voiced her desire to thrash the suspect herself. “I want the police to hang...

The mother of seven-year-old Zainab, who was raped and murdered a couple of weeks ago, demanded exemplary punishment for the prime suspect in the rape-and-murder case.

Speaking to SAMAA TV, Zainab's mother said that the entire public was with her and voiced her desire to thrash the suspect herself.

"I want the police to hang him with ropes the entire night and may the punishment of Allah overtake him," she said angrily. "The next morning I will thrash him myself and the entire public will beat him up with me."

Zainab's mother said that she wanted justice for her daughter and cried profusely afterwards, refusing to say anything else.